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BBC Writer Responds To Mac Security Critiques

Posted by Zonk on from the gentle-word-for-flames dept.

minimunchkin writes "BBC Correspondent Bill Thompson responds to the flaming he received for an article on the vulnerabilities in Mac security. He knows that there are no Mac OS X viruses in the wild, and he doesn't believe there ever will be." From the article: "However the wider point, that there are exploitable vulnerabilities and sometimes Apple puts them there, remains. Even if I'm careful to apply updates when they are made available, some people might not and their systems could be compromised. And there is always a gap between the discovery of an issue and an available fix, a gap which could be exploited. "

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  1. Looks like he pissed off the Mac People by putko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It seems easy enough to piss of Apple/MAC fans: just say something slightly negative, no matter how grounded in fact, about Apple or Mac.

    This guy did that, so he got flamed.

    It reminds me a bit of the Linux zealots.

    I personally didn't know much about the Mac crowd until recently -- but they are very touchy. Perhaps that is why the GNAA makes so much fun of them.

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    1. Re:Looks like he pissed off the Mac People by putko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I agree with you -- this guy isn't speaking English. It must be some sort of Mac-talk or something.

      Maybe they have secret jargon to send coded signals to other Mac fans.

      I genuinely had no idea that Mac fans are so "fanatical" until recently.

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    2. Re:Looks like he pissed off the Mac People by mrsbrisby · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I agree with you -- this guy isn't speaking English. It must be some sort of Mac-talk or something.

      Maybe they have secret jargon to send coded signals to other Mac fans.

      I genuinely had no idea that Mac fans are so "fanatical" until recently.

      I like how you reply to my post AC, and then reply to the AC to make it look like there are other human beings that agree with you.

      It must be a very lonely place where you are.

  2. Re:The language is what upsets people. by nathanh · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Example: Apple users are referred to as "gay" due to their choices.

    No, they're referred to as "gay" because they whinge and whine and have a martyr complex. I'm a Mac user and I find other Mac users to be plain embarrassing.